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EzLx1Sa THROUGH M1Exn
Lieut.. Tishe o. the Inportaacs aaA IeAsls
bility Of Telephsalne 1T See.

Dtusy 81 Aeiepnonhne ~ oeos
From ns klecsrlea, Rovld.
hope that Prof. Blake's interesting paper
s entitled Ad Mssa s e e k
sisosricisns ssd inY.nsors 70 Iseos II tbs a:
been DONE By rs ieArpsd professor and bs AZ
ss:s L sssss ss ' s,ss:
ssss I'LL s1se az * sfi
s%sfs snSa AZ. sSi:s aye!
Bpt besldes he naviss q t6s world. n steam:
q H s9ian Sx.isa ~ Ss %sng y & sor
electrical oommunication bstwosn shlps. pos
sus g
ssYP T e S g ssss.s e s. ssS
By induction. using first bar elsotro.magnet
snPperst and for scsyer pair oi Boil ssle;
eo a BEING nRs
on IL the y, q os Iron
msensts were tho IRON mapts Of Ia skpp wrspSsS
and aft with electric Hight wire, and sending
through the wire the current OF two Gramme
dyuamos coupled in multiple arc. AZ q re-
Seiver In this case. used an Iron tug about one
broad. wrapped with fne wire In circuit with
two Bell telephones.
Though. the results which ] obtained were
ENCOURAGING. they were not sufficiently good TO
Indicate practical value. and concluded 70
thoropg4ly tsst the plan, frst tried on email
scale by Prot Bell, OF using the water to com.
plste the circuit Of a generator. and 70 use as .
TIE water and In circuit with two telephones.
FOR practical use concluded that each ship
must be limited TO wires one hundred yards
long, and I therefore limited myself to this
length IN experimepting
FOR 4 long while got very promising results
WI with this method. simply making and breaking
f hn, current Of the dyna9os according to code;
come these difficulties. the experiments Of
blake and Edison became public, and few
preliminary experiments In this direction
seemed to indicate TO me the superiority Of
q their methodS, Further experiments with
f.. K Be ovsFsSme With me founa nsthod 6sink
will not hinder the ships speed, which Will mot
be broken on BY the grounding OF the ship, and
which can Do turned out so as to receive Wbra-
lions from al directions. even such as arc not
Of tin wound with insulated wirc sufiicos
II would seen as II the attachment OF any
microphonic tfanRmitter, such As tried by Prof.
Blake, to the hull OF a steel ship subjected to
t MPratio9s II machinery and guns and @
uSs. even after good results have been a.
tanned - anchor and In smooth water.
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alou..aa,ly Rea,ndea or Her.

He was stroking her hair fondly-she had
beautiful air which not overlooked when insorut-
able Provi painting things redand they were
very very happy. Tho old folks had gone to bed.
And du ring tho busy hours OF the day George DEAF
the girl % on do thonghis OF me ever come
DO YOU th X OF cASionAlly while immersed In the
and responsibilities OF Jour busy business life -
&c Do th nk OF you occasionally 2" he replied with
tender Tepi oAch Yea indeed Do. love. every time
see Whiia horse" =
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Changing the Day.

Minister little boy Ito widow. who has buried
four huB ba ndb>Pa up to ask you II Wed
neSdAy Thursday that Mr. Smith wanted him per
form the 'weddin ceremony. He's foIgot and didn't
Ike to "a 7 so to Mr.. smith
Widow "wednesday, little boy.
Little lIdy-Thars what pa thought but he wasn't
sure eau 70 Thursday, he said has always been your
day for N ARryn.
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A MertiEyinr riuk..

Caller Ito Mrs. Wabash of Chicago)- wero you
at the dinner party given By Mrs Breezy las. wsekf
ArA WabASh-Yea
ways arg -
Mr. waba.h-Ys-ea EysIythBs was very nice but
WAS The bAkef hAA diIADpelntSa hsE.
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Two bruised and battered patients lay!side
by sid In a hospital ward.
"rnt base ball umpire" said one "who are your
Twas one OF the Judges at baby show" said the
other; then the orderly and each OF thcm
hypc dei.mic injection OF morphine.
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An Excellent Rsasou.

Minister dining with the iamilyl-You never
60 fishing on sundAyA do you, Bobbyf
Bobby--Oh no, sir,
Nv 1s soI, shs BOBBY New can tel
Bob6y-YsA air. Pa says he doesnt TO b bother.
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the market are gahlish.d; They arc peculiar

die age WEIGHING only ~ pounds OF q cneerfu com.
pir.ssiisss :s,s .s WIDOW Of :ss,. ana
I; s;s sas.s
$; NJ
:ss 9 ola
Sss .s:Iss sss . woman win ind m.
mas ~ ar % o -9 'a'''
s p sSr Sad ss opportunity
an. Jolly blonde and willing % have shts' harm
tSse: sss.,y gentleman on mi.
9os aps z and TO and your
s1': e
French widSy Z not locking for wssn but hsc go
g, man. ~ =. ''' -.
v ls.v' lived Mt, years. and am still seeking ny ideal
opy pa sna who can
Ne Objection e vtdows No., 800. .,a 80, ~.
s:na sssSH1. s
e;thsr
dsniss wants easrs.pona.nt deed lecsIns ., hand
intendent 81 t6e marSet IA f' exptSinine their
syste9 70 fhe sur reporter sadsa iohupp,e .s
Contact With improper persons.
the areat wi Hsop
persons on our books, and IN tho next place to
IA aos who wssd TO "
has. Of course. grown far ont Of my original
Idea o. dnding EssssIn wiyes FOR Western men,
hight IN this city as In tie widest part Of the
West for some means By which mon and
5 Wse
marry; Sixty Thousand have snssweFed our
Bona ds cations who sgo yns suited
al Of n a 9ns h
too stYe time for the results q our work 70 show
m ms Now In spite Of this large increase
ot Of
aoauaintsnoes. w employ two detsotiyes
e up
vii moi on any terms out on our lists any per.
son Of whom We have doubts. That's q matter
We have 10 make people believe they are safe
IN coming. or they won't come. W. have less
shss SssS q psSps hs1
!ssI ~ e a.s
2, xen have tred uS
HHnotSer hind Of peonie That We have hard
WORT To- teen I'd Of Are ey the men who want =
rieh wife. 81 course q GOOD many men make
q ca,rain smonnt ~ monsv a re1f,isifa al the
viz thav ueant Int ,vs cany hejn Mai AZ LONG
" tbsv ar~ nren and Above Hoard in fhair
vants Int tSev ostcn aomc and want ma To
helm them lead = rich woman into msrriaee
aoielv for her money. and sharo the profits.
Tn proportion 70 their number In The com.
munfty. We have more ministers. lawyers and
We nave now on our books twenty nine clergy.
nastors over large conarecstions Ia this city
pnn r. Unw retireS mi tSis snmmer Ia hss
Sraarhad n tour ~ Tho iar1sat churchaa in
Enw V"rb Thare ves one ciarevman that
wrots ~ a Latter snsworn0 An adverfisemant
We Tid not lie fha tona of H. and mailed
him az nuca ma ~ omr nirn,Iars atatinS
that Ss vas incinded IN fha glass whose lat
ters wa retnrned Al once. and from whom We
cared to have no further answers. he was 80
9Th h ne Sens e ana SS
nw tbmt IA Wss cnny,ncsd thst We %eEe Soino
an bonSst bnsiness. Hs Col vile throSeh ms
and now We anita often send other counles to
him to he m ArdsI. TSev have no idea that the
xnjsa IN Il" ae,pe way n wb;cS thew. Too mat
"..Snother III orr nafrons il a Is, Is. IL b..
and ne heva "a Ave rircnit rnurf Judxes Amon1
onr /" S,as are two den1htera al fInited States
Ssnafore and one woman who claims To have
yeariv incoma al 40 O6. Thst's the biarest
Income on our list. We haven't inyestisatedlt
mendation from the Presidents 81 both Har-
ward and Yale. He Ia a Well Known literary
NoIN onA = - :" ~
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It's Paint.

A. Brooklyn painter. evidently Judge Of
hun nature has in place of the customary sign.
Yea
This Is paint
And it Is wetl
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has fancied, and their answers go to him. From
the lot he is expected to select one or dozen
S hsap sss
He, drops them as they prove unsatisfactory.
and 4 finally he does not hit on one that suits
got the first.
This sort OF Introduction and eourtship by
ss IL 81 tie sonry
a general thing the man or the woman does
mot bother 70 PICK the to
gives the bureau q lot OF letters to be sent to
those whose descriptions nearly all the require
i've ssy the Method
personal Introduction is more commonly en-
ployed. After the descriptions are filed each
be suited for one another receives printed
There they are introduced and left to paddle
It Is very rarely said Mr.. wellman. that
We suit person . the first time, Once IN
and from that the number runs up to the
other extrcme. The greatest number Of intro
auctions we ever gave 70 one person, was l65.
money, only so years old, and a most attractive
match In every way, 'She was very particular,
d that %s G hSF
either intoxicating LIQUOR OF. tea or coffee. 1t
was pretty hard for US to find a man that, was
Is now engaged to very fine man. a dentist.
fas ey far the
person Ia about ten. As to the time. that
ranges from three days, which is our shortest
enjoyed by some Of our patrons. who have
been on the books so long that We never OK
When the market has q demand for goods Of
a sort that II has not in stock IL adyertises for
them, and its business seems to be chiefly built
BesIdes this there LIP printed a paper called
Nelc York Cupid. In which the objects OF the
institution aro advocated and the ADVERTISE
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marry him. He proposed Sunday ct Jones's
Woods and he brought me such nice nosegay
And he's got two hundred dollars saved up"
"Plunks. Lizzie. not dollars. Plunks is what
The follows all say now"
asa sa'6 TTG aysaes g Of aa taH that
lady the grand guy for her fortune. No: she
n ss bun Int S ds1 aS dfsr hss s sS
R-sieeping on It and along come Mike and he
hsked ne would ! marry him and travel with
nice. And, says to myself, skeletons is play
Ing ont: You know i; Lizzie; what's the use
and done and Us IN Come down from one sEels.
ton at $50 a week 10 dozens OF skeletons at so
and in some cities they have to be doqble-joint-
BALI and am going to. marry Nike"
Has Mike got two hundred dollars9"
rooe sss ana M ns a lay Sns
good while. And when t,'s played out why
hsn hs man LIZZIE Thas What says to
All this occupied until nearly noon, a BIT now
and q BIT ten minutes later, as the Spectators
he
ths 9aeen Il 70 w beofs 'han
where's You yourNYour first husband. He was
In the try-your- weight business, wasn't hep -,
nj don't knew where he Is Where w, S; is =. yoSHrs I%
for as the Gypsy Queen had. The Beauty
spoke up promptly; Lao. II. ,ornd mn an.
knows. He was worse than / ever seen him,
Because I wouldn't give him money he said
he'd get square with me, and-and-oh. Mary
me- It was gone whom / got home, and i
would have given him money. only hadn't It."
you're a iat. said the Gypsy Queen.
II respect my VOWS better than some do.
that Know" the Beauty replied.
No more that was said can be repeated.
violent quarrel was under way, and these two
apparently bosom companions an hour before,
had to be silenced by tho lecturer. The storm
ragged agafn on the stage behind the curtain.
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Queer Boat for Seal Hunters.

A craft, the description of which
equals anything to be found in the pages
of Jules Verne's eccentric writings is at
present under construction in this city.
The craft may be described as "cata-
maran," or steam launch built of steel,
with two cigar-shaped hulls, each about
G5 feet in length, with deck binding
the two hulls together. Each hull is
built in two compartments, one of which
is to be used for water ballast and the
other as reservoir of coal oil-the latter
being used for fuel. The motive power
is obtained from two vertical engines and
two propellers, the shafts of the latter
being so arranged as to lift themselves
out of the way on striking floating ice
or any other obstacle. The boat is in
tended for whale, walrus and seal hunt
ing in the Arctic, and will be furnished
with Gattling gun as well as apowerful
electric battery, sufficiently strong to
paralyze any aquatic mammal extant.
The boat is said to be copy of a Ger
man invention. 1t wi | be taken apart
when finished and packed for transporta-
ton on board the whaler to which it is
an accessory.-Montreal Witness.
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Turtle Liver Oil,

At the Colonial and Indian exhibition
turtle liver oil was shown among tic
novel medical commodities, together
with several preparations of that famous
reptile presumably valuable for invalid
diet, and in particular turtle eggs, the
latter consisting entirely of yolk. In
their mature state the eggs have a tough
skin and contain a white albumen which
does not become opaque when the eggs
are boiled; to obtain the eggs without
the albumen the plan is resorted to, it tap.
pears, of extracting them from the Interior
of the animal, in which state these imma-
ture eggs are about one inch in diamter,
and, independent of any special effect
on the system, are considered very pal
atable article of food. The turtle liver
oil is given in consumption instead of
cod liver oil, and is said to be more
agreeable than the latter when fresh. The
dose commonly administered is tea
spoonful three times day.-Pu0!ic
Opinion.
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Her First Shoes.

The first baby when she needs her first
pair of shoes hears this from her proud
and happy father:
And does it want some little shocs-ums
for its little feet-ums: Well, papa shall
get it all the little shoc-ums it wants, so
he shall"
When the order for the second pair
comes he seems little surprised, and
says:
"What! Has papa's little girl worn
out its pretty new shoes so soon2 She is
little rogue, so she is, to kick out her
shoes So"
Before the child is month older her
toes arc to be seen through her third
pair of shoes.
"What" cries papa when he is in
formed Of the fact. "Well, wonld just
like to know how the deuce that young
ster kicks out her shoes so fast? She
wears out more shoes than I do. Shed
break up bank president at this rate. !"
And when the order for the fifth pair
comes, papa observes:
"Well, if this don't beat all I'd like
to know if I've got to get that young one
q new pair Of shoes every day of her life.
I'm tired to death of this thing, Clara.
If she wants another pair of shoes this
month she can take the pennies out of her
bank and buy 'em. I went"
Poor papa! !-Iid-Bus.
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The Fowl in India.

There he stands. ragged, dingy,
brown bird, but game to the backbone.
He is an important bird as, but for him,
the Anglo Indian would have poor times.
Beef and mutton are not be had every
day in the Mofussil, and when procurable
only two or three times week. But
fowl is to be had. He is the mainstay
of the Indian khansamah (head servant
or steward, especially the dak-bungalow
khansamah. There is form always
gone through on arriving at one OF these
bungalows, something after this fashion
"What can you give for dinner,
khansamah2" asks the traveller.
"Whatcver the sahib likes" replies the
inn-kcepcr in a grand tone, as if boiled
elel hant could be had on short notice.
"Wcll give me some beef The kahn
samah is very sorry-no beef to be had.
"Mut on, thcn2' No mutton, either.
You feel you have done everything in
your power and leave it to the kahnsa-
NAH and he gives you fowl-fowl soup,
foul outlets. fowl curr;ed, and fowl done
up in q dozen different ways Chambers
,ToYrD1l
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Not for Her.

"Madame," he began as the door
opened, ~ am selling new book on
Etiquette and Department
"Oh. you arel" she responded. "Gc
down there and clean the mud off youl
feet"
"Yes'm. As I was saying, ma'am,
am sel-"
"Take off your hat! Never address 6
strange lady at her door without remov,
ing your hat"
"Yes'm. Now, then, as I was saying
"Take your hands out of your pock,
cts! No gentleman ever carries his hands
there"
"Yes'm. Now, ma'am, this work on
Eli"
"Throw out your cud If a gentle,
m uses tobacco he is careful not to
di gust others by the habit"
'Ycs'm. Now, nam, in calling your
attention to this valuable"
"Wait Put that dirty handkerchief
out of sight and use less grease to your
hair. Now you look half way decent.
You have book on etiquette and De-
pertinent. Very well. l don't want it..
I am only the hired girl. You can come
in, however, and talk with the lady of
the house. She called me liar this
morning and I think she needs some
thing of the kind. ."-Detroit Free Press.
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A Remarkable Fossil.

Profe sor II. G.. seeley exhibited the
most remarkable fossil which has ever
been found to the gcologists. This fos-
sill showed the development of the young
of plesiosaurus. Until this fossil had
been found and forwarded to him he had
sought throughout the collections of
Europe for ev dcnce on that develop
ment, but without success. No incident
in the history of fossilizat on was more
singular than that which this specimen
displayed. The fossil was a series OF
mummics of minute plesiosaurs, less than
five inches in length, which had the sub.
stance of their flesh perfectly preserved
and their bones preserved within the
flesh. The remains showed different
conditions of development. This was
the only case that had ever occurred OF
the naturalization Of the muscular SUBJ
stance and the preservation of the exter-
nal form of these animals; and so perfect
was the preservation that the circle of
the eye was preserved, and the constit.
uent bones could be distinguishcd.-PaA
Mall Gazette.
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The Babes in the Wood.

The story of the "Babes in the Wood, u
whose bodies the robins covered with
leaves, has been to the children pa
thctic story for many long year. The
covering of graves by robins is an old
and tender tradition. 1t was believed
that the wren assisted in the suggestive
ceremony. a very old couplct says:
" "Cov'rng with moss the dead'S unclosed eye,
The little rcdbreast teaches charitic"
Webster says, in his tragedy of "Vit-
toria Corombona," published in 1912:
" Call for the robin re;lbreast and the wren,
Since DER shady groves thsy hover
And with leaves and flowers do cover
The friendless bodies Of unburel men,"
Robins and wrcns arc frequently named
in conjunction by old poets. Whether
the two species of birds dwell notably in
unison IN ornithologist alone can tell.
even old folk lore puts it.
ROBINS and wreni
Are Gods cocks an | hens;
Martins and swallows
Are Gods best scholars"
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He Felt ReaSSured.

'Have you seen papa's new dog, Gar,
ios" she asked, as they sat in the parlor.
eyes" he replied uncasily, 81 have
had the pleasure of meeting the dog"
"Isn't he splendid2 He is so alice
tionate."
81 noticed that he was very demon
strative," returned he. as he moved un-
easily in his chair.
"He is very playful too. never saw
more playful animal in my life."
II am glad to hear you say that"
"WhyH
Because I was little bit afraid
when he bit that piece out of me the
other evening he was in earnest. But if
he was only in play of course it's all
right. I can take fun as we'll as any
dy."-lMerchant Iruceler.
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A Dying Language.

In spite of the efforts of Mr.. Leland
and Others, it would seem that the use of
the old Romany language is dying out
among the gypsics who still wander about
our island. 1t is row the rule for these
Bohemian tribes to speak English among
themselves, and even in the cases in
which the Romany is still talked it is so
mixed up with modern slang as to have
lost nearly all its linguistic significance.
This being so, it is not to be supposed
that the gypsic, will be anxious, as some
of their champions have said, to insure
instruction in Romany for their children
when the latter come under the control
of the School Board authorities. Figaro.
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1t Was not 4 Fircfy.

A lady of this city, whose little feet
are always dainty shod, is also the un-
fortunate posscssor Of al obstinate and
burning corn upon the smallest toe of
her left foot. Chiropodists had dug
tunnels through that corn, yanked at it
with nippers, smeared it with stinging
ointments, and, in despair, suggested
amputation. The corn held the fort and
successively resisted the assaults of the
best razor the lady's husband possessed
used, of course, without his knowledge
Finally, kind friend suggested that if
phosphorus was rubbed on the afflicted
toe the corn would succumb. The lady
determined to try the remedy, and did
so just before retiring the other night,
and forgot to tell her liege lord what she
had done.
The hour of mignight had struck when
the husband suddenly awoke and was
somewhat startled to see the flash of a
tirefy at the foot of the bed. Sleep was
again asserting its mastery, when once
more the sheen of that firefy caused the
husband to open wide his eyes. He
could not recollect ever having seen a
frehy In California, but he could not
disbelieve his senses. Again and again
that FREELY flashed its baleful CLEAN, cf-
fectually banishing all thought of sleep
from the now thoroughly aroused and
wrathy husband. He determined to end
his own misery and firefy's existence
simultaneously. He reached out in the
dark, gropcd with his hand about the
carpet until he felt his own heavy shoe.
He seized the weapon, slowly and eau
tiously raised himself in bed, and, lifting
high the sturdy brogan, brought it down
with a vigorous whack on the innocent
firely.
A wild shrek, an avalanche of bed
clothes, and the husband lay sprawling
in tba middle of the floor, while his
wife rolled around the bed, clasping her
foot and moaning in anguish. It was
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Watch Chains.

"Therc will not be so many watch
chains worn this winter as last" said a
Chestnut street icweler to Philadelphia
Gull man. "Why2 Because they are
going out of fashion with carefully
dressed men. Do you remember when
the fobs were worn some years ago2
Pretty, were they not? In my opinion
they will come in populrr favor again
this winter. We are slowly coming
back to the habits and customs of our
daddics, and right good habits and GUS
toms they were. Neither you nor l will
live to see it, but there will come time
when Philadelphians will wear knicker-
bockers and silver buckles, and affect
powdered wigs and the dress of one
hundred wears ago.